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I also saw that post over on reddit. Yes, 6100 can definitely do over 136MB. As you found it requires the RAM to be installed in matched pairs.

If you are open to PowerPC based machines, a lot of the early systems are usually cheaper than their 68k counterparts and are compatible with 7.6.1. The 6100/7100/8100 are all NuBus based, I think all after that switched to PCI based. Not sure where the 7.6.1 cutoff is. Pretty sure the Beige G3...

To answer an earlier question, you will definitely want 4MB of RAM for System 7, though it will technically run with a minimum of 2MB I think. If sticking with 1MB of RAM, 6.0.8 is definitely the way to go.

Hi @btse In my experience, leaving the SD card as a single partition and using a vintage Mac to format it while it’s in the SCSI2SD using Lido has worked fairly reliably. While using Lido you can then create multiple partitions.

I personally wouldn’t run my Mac Plus any longer than perhaps 15 minutes without a fan. Definitely want to keep that flyback transformer somewhat cool. Definitely less replacements available now as they wear out. For your FannyMac, guessing that is like the System Saver (what I have). Mine...

Side question, is that the BlueSCSI? If so, can it be bus powered like the SCSI2SD units?

Have you tried swapping the RAM from the known good board to the board with the graphics issues? Usually RAM issues will throw a sad Mac, but maybe in this case it’s presenting as graphics issues.

If your Color Classic already has an Ethernet card installed, using something like NetPresentz on it to create an FTP host, then any kind of FTP client on the modern computer works well for me (CyberDuck, FileZilla, WinSCP, etc… might even be able to use Terminal directly).

That’s awesome, glad it all worked out. Mine currently has 9.1. With adequate RAM, the 3400 series definitely makes for a decent OS 9 machine for most tasks, main limiter being low graphics performance for things such as 3D gaming. Otherwise a solid machine :)  

Do a minimal install on your CF card, and make sure you have the cd rom extension. Then you can boot from that, single click the hard drive icon on the desktop, special -> erase as Mac OS Extended and then install again from the CD.

@PacNPal that one looks identical to mine. So long as you use a true original SD card with it, should work great.

@Rick Dangerous I bought my SD to PCMCIA adapter way back in like 2003 from BestBuy when I needed to get photos from a 1.3 megapixel HP camera to a PowerBook 5300cs I owned a long time ago. So I don’t have a link for it. That said, I’m looking at it right now and can describe it. It’s branded...

I’m pretty sure my old 240mhz version I had 15 years ago and my 200mhz version I have now both kick out my SD card to PCMCIA adapter at power-on. If I recall correctly, it will not kick out cards like my Orinoco WiFi card. But it’s been nearly 5 years since I used that WiFi card so I may be...

Looking at eBay sold listings, all went for $70 to $300. That particular link was buy it now or best offer.   If on the off chance they do start regularly going for $500 in the near future I’ll definitely put mine up for sale :)  

Definitely not worth $500... at least not now. Unless it’s brand new in box, never opened.

Nice 3400s! I’d say skip the PRAM battery all together on this model. No need to have one in there, they only present risks of leaking. You can always throw an alias of the Time and Date control panel (or SetDate control panel if you are using that for 2021 dates) into the StartUp Items folder...

https://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/extras/blanks/   Here is the link from the FloppyEMU User guide. Looks like the zip download on this page has a bunch of “blank” images with some being MFS, as well as some notes on using dd from terminal to make more.

@Crutch have you checked into the documentation for the FloppyEMU? I think it has some guides for how to create blank images, and I want to say it has instructions on an MFS image as well (but it’s been a couple years since I looked at the PDF, don’t quote me).

Looks like I may have to double check what’s used on my boards. Also, didn’t know about those soldering guidelines (temp and time limits).

This is awesome, well done!